Egyptian Front
Egyptian Front الجبهة المصرية | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 17 August 2014[1] |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions: Social democracy Liberal democracy Egyptian nationalism Sufism Secularism Militarism Reformism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Egypt[2] |
| House of Representatives | 50 / 568 |
The Egyptian Front (Arabic: الجبهة المصرية, romanized: al-Gabha al-Masreya) was an alliance of political parties which contested the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election in a joint list with the Independent Current Coalition, called Egypt.
History
[edit]The alliance was established on 17 August 2014 by the following parties: Congress Party, El-Ghad Party, Tagammu Party, Modern Egypt Party, My Homeland Egypt Party, Democratic Generation Party, Republican People’s Party, and the Egyptian National Movement.[3] Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi criticized the alliance by stating that it represents "Mubarak-era politics".[4] The alliance was described after its formation as being made up of "diehards of the former regime of Hosni Mubarak's .... National Democratic Party."[5]
The Egyptian Front planned to coordinate with the National Alliance list that was led by Kamal Ganzouri,[6] though the National Alliance withdrew from the race in February 2015.[7]
The Tagammu Party, Congress Party and El-Ghad Party all withdrew from the alliance in December 2014.[8]
A rival list, For the Love of Egypt, was established in February 2015,[9] while the Modern Egypt Party withdrew from the coalition in May 2015.[10]
The Egyptian Patriotic Movement[11] and the My Homeland Egypt Party left the alliance and joined the For the Love of Egypt coalition[12] following a failed attempt to merge the For the Love of Egypt coalition and the Egyptian Front.[13] They left For the Love of Egypt in September[14] and joined the Egypt alliance,[2] which was formed between the Egyptian Front and the Independent Current Coalition.[15]
Electoral history
[edit]House of Representatives elections
[edit]| Election | Seats | +/– | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | |||
Affiliated parties
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "First parliamentary alliance formed - Egyptian Front Coalition". Ahram Online. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- 1 2 "تيار الاستقلال يعلن اندماج قوائمه الانتخابية رسمياً مع الجبهة المصرية" (in Arabic). Youm7. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- 1 2 "Egyptian Front Coalition: the widest political alliance facing Islamists". Cairo Post. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "Egyptian Front will return Mubarak-era politics to parliament: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ Essam El-Di, Gamal (11 August 2014). "Egypt's secular electoral blocs halved into two after Moussa's withdrawal". Ahram Online. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ↑ "Egyptian Front proposes candidates for Ganzouri electoral list". Ahram Online. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "Registration for Egypt's parliamentary polls opens Sunday; Brotherhood absent". Ahram Online. 7 February 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ "Three parties withdraw from Egyptian Front Coalition". Daily News Egypt. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ↑ "'For the Love of Egypt' electoral list leaves political parties divided". Ahram Online. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ↑ "الجبهة المصرية تناقش اليوم نتائج مبادرة المشروع الموحدوانسحاب مصر الحديثة" (in Arabic). Youm7. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "يحيى قدرى يتراجع عن الاستقالة من الحركة الوطنية ويؤكدالعودة لـ"فى حب مصر"" (in Arabic). Youm7. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ ""مصر بلدى" يقرر العودة لـ"فى حب مصر".. ويؤكد: هدفنا المصلحة العليا للوطن" (in Arabic). Youm7. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "Egyptian electoral coalitions falter as candidate registration moves ahead". Ahram Online. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ ""فى حب مصر": حزب "الحركة الوطنية" خارج القائمة لعدم توافقنا معه" (in Arabic). El Balad. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ Afify, Heba; Magid, Pesha (11 October 2015). "Infographic: Who's who in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections?". Mada Masr. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ↑ "Setting the boundaries". Al-Ahram Weekly. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ ""الجبهة المصرية" تعتمد أسماء مرشحي البرلمان تحت اسم "قائمة مصر"" (in Arabic). El Watan News. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
